Contains search in Map Viewer doesn't work
I have a hosted feature layer view that contains three layers and three related tables. I've created a web map from this hosted feature layer and configured the Search options on the web map (settings tab) to do a contains search against the relevant fields of each of the map layers and one of the related tables:
However, in the map, the search function doesn't seem to work. The screen grab below shows the Buildings layer turned on and labelled with the 'name' attribute. There is a building called the 'David Attenborough Building', yet searching for 'david' or 'attenborough' doesn't return any results:
I get the same behaviour for the other two spatial layers ('Colleges' and 'Porters Lodges'). But the related table does work as expected and shows results from a 'contains' search, as shown below:
If I change the search settings of the three layers from Contains to Equals then I get better results:
Now when I search in the map against the 'Building' layer for 'david' it does indeed find the David Attenborough Building:
Furthermore, I'm able to use the % symbol as a wildcard so searching for '%atten' also finds the David Attenborough Building:
I'm pretty sure this used to work, so I'm wondering if something got broken in the most recent update to ArcGIS Online this week? The specific issues seem to be:
- The Contains search doesn't seem to work at all for layers, but does work for tables;
- The Equals search actually performs a Begins with... search.
Am I missing anything or have I misunderstood how this is meant to work in Map Viewer? The documentation (https://doc.arcgis.com/en/arcgis-online/create-maps/configure-feature-search.htm) is pretty sparse and doesn't say much other than: 'Choose whether the result should contain or be equal to the search terms.'
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Hi @RussRoberts, apologies for the delay, I've been on leave. I've done a bit more testing and I think I've found the problem.
I created a new Web Map that used the hosted Feature Layers (not Views) and the Search function works as expected with both the contains and equals operations.
This made me think there is a bug when searching using Views, but your reply suggests that searching with View layers is working fine for you so maybe there is a problem with my specific View. So I created a brand new View from the Feature Layer and added that to a new Web Map. Searching then worked fine in the new Web Map for both contains and equals operations.
I then edited this new View to set an Area of interest so that only a small area of the dataset is exposed in the View (as this is how my original View is configured) and applied this area of interest to all layers using the Apply to all layers button:
Having done this, going back to the Web Map, the Search function no longer works for the spatial layers (buildings, colleges, porters lodges) but works fine for the related table.
I think the reason the search still works fine against the related table is because the related tables are not affected by the 'Area of interest' setting in the View, as shown by the absence of the filter button against the related tables in the Update View window for the three related tables:
So, it seems there is a bug with the Search function specifically when an Area of interest is configured against a View.
It would be really good if you could confirm you get the same behaviour and advise the best way to get this resolved. Should I log a support ticket with my local ESRI support team here in the UK?
